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•  In a recent interview, Bristol Palin describes breaking the news about her pregnancy to her mother as being really, really painful. She also has this to say about her role as an advocate for abstinence: More »
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Take a deep breath and get ready for an ovary-explosion, because the folks at J. Crew's Crewcuts have cast some adorable little whippersnappers. Free shipping! More »
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• Two high school teachers from Winnipeg have been suspended for performing a lap dance at a pep rally. School officials say the dance was "totally inappropriate" and a 12th grade student called it "dirty." Video after the jump. • More »
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• The Obamas are facing the tough job of puppy-proofing the White House for new dog Bo. Also in presidential-pet news, artist Bob Staake's book, The First Pup, has yet to find a publisher. • More »
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Several new studies are challenging previously held beliefs about hysterectomies; specifically, some experts claim that removing the cervix and the ovaries could be detrimental to both a woman's health and her sex life. More »
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All of us know that all sorts of shit can go wrong with our unique internal plumbing: Fibroids, ovarian cysts, endometriosis. And! After reading this informative but horrifying story, we all have something new to worry about: "Ovary death." Kathy Harris, 49, had experienced giving birth, a tubal ligation, and a broken leg from skiing. But the pain of her dying ovary made her want to die. At the hospital, when the (male) gynecological surgeon asked her to describe her pain, she said: "Ever been stabbed in the vagina? I felt the point go through and come out my left groin." An ovary dies when it gets twisted around its stalk and its blood supply is cut off. Kathy's swelled to into a lump the size of a cantaloupe. She had the dead ovary removed and she's fine now. Some of us, on the other hard, are traumatized and paranoid. [Discover] More »
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Last we heard from Penelope Trunk, she was a Yahoo! Finance career columnist in the midst of being unceremoniously sacked for the women's ghetto of the company's "Lifestyle" channels. We were deeply saddened, as we often agreed with her advice, like the time she said that if you want a better job, "Don't work hard! Work out!". Well, THANK GOD PRINT ISN'T DEAD. Because Penelope has resurfaced in the pages of the Boston Globe with some urgent advice for her old "Brazen Careerist" followers: freeze your eggs, get them tested for "premature aging" and: "If you are past your early twenties, and you're single and want to have children,you need to find a partner now. Take that career drive and direct it toward mating - your ovaries will not last longer than your career." Oh, Penelope. Spoken like the scorned woman you... are! But here's the thing. More »
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• Just a few hours after President Bush vetoed another bill in favor of stem-cell research, ABC News is reporting that women undergoing fertility treatments would be willing to donate their unused embryos to research if given the opportunity. [ABCNews]

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